An Evening for HIAS With the Pittsburgh Whiskey Friends20181130212234
An Evening for HIAS With the Pittsburgh Whiskey Friends
Mark GillespieNovember 30, 2018ABA, Amrut, benefit, Bobby Long, charity, Christian Kahle, Dad's Hat, Elks Club, Fusion, Glass Revolution, Gritty, Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, Herman Mihalich, HIAS, hockey, Indianapolis, John Cooper, Liberty Pole Spirits, mass shooting, NHL, peated bourbon, Pennsylvania, Pernod Ricard USA, Philadelphia Flyers, Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Condors, Pittsburgh Penguins, Pittsburgh Whiskey Friends, PNC Park, Powers, Raj Sabharwal, refugees, Rick Seback, Scotch Drinkers Book Club, Scott Ritenbaugh, Sidney Crosby, Super Bowl, Three Swallow, Tree of Life Synagogue, Washington, whiskey, whisky0 comments
When the Pittsburgh Whiskey Friends invited us to come to their city and lead a benefit tasting in honor of the 11 people killed in the October 27, 20...
Making the Numbers Add Up for Craft Distillers20171219173930
Making the Numbers Add Up for Craft Distillers
Mark GillespieDecember 19, 2017ACSA, ADI, American Craft Spirits Association, American Distilling Institute, Balcones Distilling, banks, Big Bottom Distilling, bonds, Bourbon, Brian Lee, Canada, capital, celebrity, Chip Tate, collateral, control state, country music, craft distilling, Dad's Hat, debt, disclosure, distribution, distributors, Eastside Distilling, equity, financial, financing, Form 8-K, Form S-1, forum, gristmill, Grover Wickersham, Herman Mihalich, John Cooper, John Little, John Rich, KGW-TV, Las Vegas, Lenny Gotter, licensing, Liquor Control Board of Ontario, Mackmyra, marijuana, marketing, markets, Melissa Heim, MotherLode, Nashville, NBV Investments, Nevada, OLCC, Ontario, Oregon, Oregon Liquor Control Commission, over the counter, Pennsylvania, Pernod Ricard, Pia Carusone, Portland, privately held, Prohibition, provincial, publicly-traded, Rachel Gardner, Ralph Erenzo, Redneck Riviera, Republic Restoratives, risk, rock climbing, Rye, Securities & Exchange Commission, shares, Smooth Ambler, Steven Earles, stock, Sweden, Tate & Company, Ted Pappas, Tennessee, Texas, ticker, Travis Schoney, Tuthilltown, Waco, Washington, whiskey, whisky, World Health Organization0 comments
December 19, 2017 – The stories of friends deciding to open their own distilleries are almost legendary. For John Cooper and Herman Mihalich of ...
Episode 582: March 26, 201620160327164027
Episode 582: March 26, 2016
Mark GillespieMarch 27, 2016#3Whiskies, A Dram a Day, American Distilling Institute, American Whiskey Convention, Ardbeg, Beanie Espey, beer, Ben Bowers, Big Peat, Bill Rowland, Bluebird Distilling, Bombarder's, Bourbon, Bow Street Distillery, brewing, Brooklyn, Buffalo Trace, Camden, Cara Laing, Caskmates, Children's Heart Surgery Fund, Citizens Bank Park, Cooper River Distillers, craft distilling, Crested Ten, Dad's Hat, Dark Cove, Dave Pickerell, Deer Creek Malthouse, Douglas Laing & Co., Dublin, Feis Ile, Four Roses, Fred Laing, Fred Minnick, Herman Mihalich, Independent Stave, India Pale Ale, IPA, Islay, Islay Ales, Islay Festival of Malt & Music, J.P. hall, James Espey, Jameson, Jameson Crested, Jared Adkins, Jay Rogers, John Cooper, JustGiving.com, Kelso Beer, Kyle Rogers, Laura Fields, LBL Moonshine, Leeds General Infirmary, Lock Stock & Barrel, malted wheat, maltings, Manatawny Still Works, Mark Brault, Max Pfeffer, MB Roland, McTears, Merry Beth Tomaszewski, Michter's, Missouri, Neil Klingman, New Jersey, Paul Tomaszewski, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Pottstown, Rebecca Jago, Redbreast, Rye, San Francisco World Spirits Competition, Schafferstown, Scotch Whiskey, Silver Trail Distillery, Spencer Balentine, Spey, Speyside Distillery, The Last Drop, Tom Jago, Vermont, Vermont Oak, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Advocate, Whistlepig, Wigle, YouTube0 comments
You’ll see a lot of businesses with the “& Son” as part of the name, but rarely do we see businesses with “& Daughter&...
Dad’s Hat Enters European Market With Pennsylvania Rye20140317195704
Dad’s Hat Enters European Market With Pennsylvania Rye
Mark GillespieMarch 17, 2014Bristol, Dad's Hat, Europe, European Union, Herman Mihalich, John Cooper, La Maison du Whisky, Paris, Pennsylvania, Rye, Whisky Live Paris, Whisky Magazine0 comments
March 16, 2014 – Dad’s Hat Pennsylvania Rye will become one of the rare American-made craft whiskies to become available in Europe when it...
Episode 470: March 15, 201420140315232112
Episode 470: March 15, 2014
Mark GillespieMarch 15, 2014Bill Rogers, Black Bottle, Brown-Forman, Bruichladdich, Campari, Canada, Canadian, Carron, Chivas Brothers, cinnamon, Coull, Cutty Sark, Dad's Hat, Diageo, Diamond Anniversary, Douglas Taylor, Eddie Russell, electric car, EU, Europe, European Union, Forsyths, Forty Creek, France, General Assembly, George Dickel, Green Spot, Grimsby, Herman Mihalich, Ian MacMillan, Imperial, Ireland, Irish, Islay, Jack Daniel's, Jim McEwan, Jimmy Russell, John Cooper, John Hall, Kilchoman, La Maison du Whisky, Laddie, Leaf, legislature, Liqueur, Lucy Dolan, Madison, Mark Reynier, Mike Arnoni, Mike DaRe, Nick Morgan, Octomore, Ontario, PC, Phil Lynch, Phil Pritchard, Port Charlotte, Prohibition, Simon Coughlin, Speyside, Tennessee, Tennessee Fire, Tennessee Whiskey, test market, travel retail, Tullamore, Tullamore Dew, Van Winkle, Wild Turkey, William Grant & Sons, Wisconsin0 comments
Bruichladdich expressions come and go…sort of like the waves on Loch Indaal do. Laddie fans are lamenting a decision to pull the Laddie Ten, Six...
Episode 459: January 4, 201420140104233450
Episode 459: January 4, 2014
Mark GillespieJanuary 4, 20141953, Adam Edwards, American Distilling Institute, Ancien Regime, Angel's Envy, Ardbeg, Ascendant Spirits, auto, Balblair, BBC, Big Peat, Blue Hanger, Bowmore, Breaker, Broadmoor, Bruichladdich, California, cars, Colorado, coronation, craft distilling, Dad's Hat, Daniel Weber, Darkest, David Bowman, Don Livermore, Dublin, economy, exports, Francois Dubrueil, Frederic Pflanz, Glenfarclas, Glenkinchie, government, Herman Mihalich, Hollywood, Ireland, Islay, Jared Volavka, Jay Karamales, Jefferson's, John Cooper, Laimrig, Laphroaig, Lee Behar, Lincoln Henderson, Los Angeles, New Mexico, ocean, producing, Prohibition, Queen Elizabeth, Redbreast, Remy Cointreau, resort, royals, Santa Barbara, Scotland, Scottish, Shannon, ship, Speciality Drinks, Stan Kaminski, Steve Gartman, television, Top Gear, trade, Trey Zoeller, TV, Uigeadail, Weller, Whyte & Mackay, Wiser's, Writers Tears, Yellow Spot0 comments
Southern California isn’t the place you’d normally think of for a Bourbon to call home, but Steve Gertman picked the wine country of Santa...
Reviving Pennsylvania’s Rye Whiskey Heritage at Dad’s Hat20131229222913
Reviving Pennsylvania’s Rye Whiskey Heritage at Dad’s Hat
Mark GillespieDecember 29, 2013Bristol, craft distilling, Dad's Hat, Grundy Mill, Herman Mihalich, John Cooper, Penn, Pennsylvania, Rye, vermouth0 comments
Pennsylvania was once the center of American whiskey distilling. John Cooper and Herman Mihalich are trying to revive the Keystone State’s rye whiskey...
Episode 449: October 26, 201320131026213158
Episode 449: October 26, 2013
Mark GillespieOctober 26, 2013Andrina Fitzgerald, Arran, Astor Center, Austria, author, Ayrshire, Balvenie, Beam, Bob Dalgarno, book, Boutique, Bristol, Buffalo Trace, Charles Maclean, Cooley, Dad's Hat, Daniel Kammer, Dave Broom, Davin de Kergommeaux, Distillery Reserve, Dominic Roskrow, Dublin, Dufftown, Dundalk, editor, Elliott Erwitt, expansion, Family Reserve, Franklin County, Gavin Smith, Glenburgie, Glenfiddich, Grant's, Great Northern Brewery, Hans Offringa, Hazelwood, Herman Mihalich, Ian Buxton, Inchmurrin, Ireland, Irish, Jack Teeling, John Cooper, John Teeling, Jurgen Diebel, Kilbeggan, Kininvie, Loch Lomond, Louisville, Macallan, Masters of Malt, Masters of Photography, Michter's, Millennium, Millennium Casks, New Market Square, Old Rip Van Winkle, Pappy Van Winkle, Pat Melton, Pennsylvania, Peter Mulryan, Petr Hosek, Philadelphia, photo, print, reward, Robin Robinson, Sheriff, smack down, smackdown, Stephen Teeling, Taiwan, Teeling, Teeling Whiskey, theft, Tom Bruce-Gardyne, Toronto, tourism, Van Winkle, Versailles, Vienna, visitors, Whiskey Row, Whisky Opus, William Grant & Sons, Woodford Reserve, World Whisky0 comments
Ireland’s Kilbeggan Distillery is said to be the world’s oldest whiskey distillery, and it’s now being run by what may well be one o...
Episode 439: August 25, 201320130825023517
Episode 439: August 25, 2013
Mark GillespieAugust 25, 2013Al Pacino, ALS, Amrut, Amrut 100, Balvenie, Barry Crockett, Beam, Billy Leighton, Bristol, Brown-Forman, Catoctin Creek, Chichibu, Colorado, Cooley, cooperage, Corleone, Curtis Kimm, Dad's Hat, Delaware, Diageo, Dundalk, Dunedin, Dunedin Doublewood, Family Reserve, Godfather, Great Northern Brewery, Greg Ramsay, Grundy Mill, Guinness, Harp Lager, Heaven Hill, Herman Mihalich, history, Ichiro Akuto, India, Ireland, Jack Daniel's, Jack Teeling, Jake Norris, Japan, John Cooper, John Teeling, Jourmeyman, Justin Victor, Karl Kadar, lawsuit, Lou Gehrig, Lounge Lizards, Lynchburg, Michigan, Midleton, Midleton Very Rare, music, New Zealand, New Zealand Whisky Company, Newark, Olympic, Pappy, Pappy Van Winkle, Parker Beam, Parker's Heritage Collection, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Promise of Hope, Rye, Stephen Teeling, Stranahan's, Tennessee, trademark, vermouth, Virginia, William Grant & Sons0 comments
When Kentucky was still a wilderness in Colonial days, Pennsylvania was a hotbed of whiskey distilling. Back then, the Keystone State was known for it...